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Ellie and Madison at Geo Fieldcamp in Hawaii
Profiles, Student Activities

Two Geoengineering Students find their place in CEGE

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The U is a big place, but two students discovered a small community within their college. Ellie Longar and Madison Haydn-Myer are both juniors in geoengineering and plan to graduate spring 2023.

Henryk Stolarski
Profiles

Henryk Stolarski: A Balanced Life

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Professor Henry Stolarski has learned something about life. "Something that has been true throughout my life is that mathematics is a skill useful for almost everything. Yet there must be balance. Mathematics is a useful and wonderful thing, but it is painful, too. To learn it sometimes you must struggle. Success is one thing in life, but some sort of enjoyment is also important."

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Profiles

Justin Babcock, Civil Engineering Major

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Justin Babcock, a CIVIL ENGINEERING MAJOR WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT MINOR, will be graduating in May 2022. He likes to be involved in a lot of activities, like ASCE and the Steel Bridge Team.

Martha Burket, environmental engineering major
Profiles

Martha Burket, Environmental Engineering Major

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It was working in Bill Arnold’s lab that helped Martha Burket determine she really wanted to do something to help the environment. Martha Burket, an ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MAJOR WITH A GIS MINOR and an HONORS STUDENT, plans to graduate this May.

headshot Paige Novak
Department News

Paige Novak will be the new department head

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Professor Paige Novak has been announced as the new head in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, effective in July 2022.

Qizhi He in his office
Department News

Qizhi He joins CEGE

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The Department of Civil, Environmental, an Geo- Engineering welcomes Assistant Professor Qizhi He. He conducts research at the intersection of computational mechanics, materials modeling, and scientific machine learning, with a focus on developing computational tools that synergize physics-based and data-driven approaches for modeling and forecasting of multiscale multiphysics processes. Qizhi He will be teaching Applied Structural Mechanics in fall 2022. He also would like to develop a new course titled Scientific Machine Learning for Engineering Science.

Headshot Joe Labuz smiling
Department News

Ten Years: Mission, Milestone, Memories

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Joe Labuz, the Head of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, announced that he will be stepping away from his leadership role at the end of June, returning his focus to teaching and research.

Screenshot of Ahmed Elbanna's presentation
Research

Building the Earthquake Virtual Machine

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Ahmed Elbanna, UIUC, delivered the Warren Lecture on March 25, 2020. View his recorded presentation.

Mary Wheeler
Research

Dynamic adaptivity for coupled flow and geomechanics

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Warren Lecture: "Dynamic adaptivity for coupled flow and geomechanics in unconventional reservoirs using a posteriori error estimation and spacetime modeling" with Mary F. Wheeler, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin

headshot Jean-Claude Roegiers
Memorials

A Tribute to Jean-Claude Roegiers

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​​​​​​​Dr Jean-Claude Roegiers (Ph.D. Geoengineering 1974) passed away February 8, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 78. He was recognized internationally for his research and scholarship, especially for his role in developing the field of petroleum geomechanics.